High Winds Spark Fire Damage Across Maryland
Strong winds gusting over 50 miles per hour fueled fires across multiple counties. At Charles Rice Farm near Ijamsville a workshop burned, spreading to lumber and two barns, with tools and equipment lost and damage not yet estimated. Firefighters from New Market Hyattstown Frederick and others battled the blaze. A separate large fire near Henryton threatened the hospital, burned 200 to 300 acres, and required 500 firefighters from several counties plus state forestry assistance to bring it under control. Fire crews also responded to fires near Fort Ritchie Libertytown and other areas with multiple buildings at risk and investigations ongoing.
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Charles Rice
Ijamsville
New Market
Hyattstown
Independent Hose Company of
Frederick
Henryton
Carroll County
Patapsco
Baltimore County
Howard County
Damascus
Montgomery County
State Forestry Department
Fort Meade
Fort Ritchie
Herman Toms
Kenya TV
Western Maryland
Camp Louise
Blue Ridge Summit
Fountaindale
Libertytown
Forestry Department
Woodsboro
Sistille Ane Union Bridget Hose Company
K Heights
Rocky Cso
U S Jobless Rate Drops Sharply in March
The Labor Department reports the unemployment rate fell to 3.6 percent in March from 6.1 percent in February, the largest one month drop since 1958. Employment rose by nearly 300 000 to 67 148 000 while unemployment declined to 4 501 000. Secretary Wirtz cautions it reflects only a rebound from winter and ongoing economic issues remain.
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Washington
Labor Department
Marc
W. Willard Wirtz
Kennedy
Wirtz
County Man Fined For Selling To Minors
An Emmitsburg man Harold Bolin was fined 500 and given a one year suspended sentence in the Maryland House of Correction Emmitsburg Magistrate's Court after being charged by Town and State Police with selling alcoholic beverages to minors. Police reports say information indicated minors were served at the Blue Duck Tavern Route 97 West of Emmitsburg. Officers visited March 3 around 4 p.m. finding four minors aged 18 and 19 at the bar.
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Emmitsburg
Harold Bolin
Maryland House of Correction
Tfe
Neil Bechtel
Blue Duck
Route 97
William Law
Cuban price controls extend to all goods and services
A Havana dispatch reports the Cuban government imposed price controls on all goods and services. The decree covers private and state enterprises and applies to profits across most industries and wholesale activities, signaling sweeping state operation in the economy.
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Havana
Cuba
Senate OKs Mass Transit Aid to Save Downtown Areas
The Senate approved a $375 million administration bill to fund mass transit in cities to ease downtown traffic. The 52 41 vote trimmed from $500 million, with six Republicans joining 46 Democrats. The measure moves to the House where a tougher fight is anticipated.
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Washington
Senate
Kennedy
House
House Banking Committee
Amendment shields unions in private transit unions under federal plan
The proposal by Senator Wayne Morse would prevent unions with bargaining rights in operating private transit systems from being compelled to relinquish control if the systems are taken over by public bodies. In unrelated notes Logwood Nugget reports a ten year old owned by E R Hough of Mount Airy produced 13 743 tbe milk and 549 Iba butterfat s in 308 days.
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Wayne Morse
D Ore
E. R. Hough
Mount Airy
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Mays’ Hardware Frederich Sheppleg Conder
Bolin
McCullough
Agfochrome
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